Zavos was a larger than normal Human, with sallow eyes. A RebelGeneral on Yavin 4 was named Aay Zavos. He resembles the trader Zavos, but was not convinced the Rebel plan to attack the Death Star would succeed. For this his was rebuked by Kane Starkiller.

Zavos' criticism of the plan in the second draft was echoed in later drafts by the character known as "Fake Wedge". The character of Bail Antilles, interestingly, was later to evolve into the real Wedge, so the comments by "Fake Wedge" were also not assigned to Wedge's conceptual counterpart.